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Hi there Bill - great to hear from you - at least there are two of us left...!

Next to Angie is Arthur Myers - medical orderly - and at the end of the back row is Malcolm Scanlon. Second from left on the back - I can't remember either - I'll refer to the archives and get back to you. Hope you are well?

Cruisemuscle - I was on Cunard Princess from the beginning until '81 as relieving Chief R/O. Haven't heard of Ronnie Bolton for a while. Last I heard was that he was Master somewhere (he was still 1st Off, maybe Chief Off) at the time that I left. Let me know if you track him down....

Is any one still out there? I sailed on the princess from 1980 onward, I remember Bill , Steve and most of the chaps in the picture. I would like to find out the name of a 3rd engineer that sailed with me on my first watch in feb 1980,together with Eric the fish{mech} and Liquid Len{leckie mech}. he mainly did hotel service work, married a girl from the pursers office and they settled in a Tortola for a few years . Ring a bell with anyone?

Paul,
Sadly Ron Bolton and David Pope have passed on, not sure about Capt Portet.
Dick Sturge still married to Sandy - living in Atlanta, Alan can vouch for himself but living in Sydney, Dixie Dean is still around, and last time I checked I am still alive (not kicking) south of Vancouver.
Must admit of the Cunard ships I was on the CP was the best.

Hi Malcolm, Nice to see your ok, I have only recently discoverd this site and Alan's thread. Sorry to hear about David and Ron, I sailed with both of them, I first met David at a dance on Union Castle's, "Edinburgh Castle" back in 1975 . Ron was a chap that always seemed to be full of humor, had a lot of laughs with him. I have found a picture of the chap I am trying to identify. he is second from the right, can you put a name to him? Paul

Greetings Paul,
Very familiar as is the other one on the right, not sure about the two on the left.
Names sadly elude me, sorry - I have reached the "I cant remember the last time I forgot anything" stage in my life.
Dave or Bill comes to mind but not much else.
Question to you though - are you the Paul also known as "The Bear"?
Best Rgds
M